The Police Commission heard officer recognition, public testimony on an unsolved homicide, public safety and crime-trend statistics from Chief Bill Scott Liu (incl. homicide and drug market enforcement updates), updates from the Department of Police Accountability (DPA), presentations on 2025 Q3/Q4 SPARKS policy work (including domestic violence and deaf/hard-of-hearing interaction policy development), and budget proposals for FY 2027–2028 for both SFPD and DPA. The Commission unanimously approved SFPD’s proposed FY 2027–2028 budget.
President Clay likes to take roll. Yes, please. Commissioner Techie? Yeah. Commissioner Scott. Commissioner Liang. Here. Commissioner Yi is in route. Vice President Benedicto. Here. I'm sorry. And Commissioner Elias is also in route. President Clay, you have a quorum also with us tonight. Our Chief Lou from the San Francisco Police Department and Executive Director Paul Henderson from the Department of Police Accountability. All right, thank you, sir. And thank you everyone for being here for our before we're about to be done in the beginning. Line item one, weekly officer recognition certificate. Presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. Officer Richard Hawkins, star number 1620 from Richmond Station. All right. All right. Good evening, Chief Liu, Police Commissioners, Director Henderson, family and friends. My name is Kirk Yin. I'm a lieutenant at Richmond Station. And tonight it's my privilege to recognize Officer Richard Hawkins as the Richmond Station Officer of the Week. And we're honored to be joined by Rich's wife Stacey, his two sons Cal and Bran, his mother Young, and his stepfather Mike. When I received the request for nomination, I was in the office with my fellow lieutenants. I shared the email, and without hesitation, I said, it's gotta be Rich. Rich is an 11-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department. He is highly respected by his peers and his supervisors alike. His dedication to the community and to his fellow officers are second to none. He is one of the station's top traffic enforcement officers, with many of his stops focused on the five, especially protecting our youngsters around schools. Rich also demonstrates leadership and investment in our department's future, serving as both a field training officer and an instructor at the police academy. And most recently, Rich was engaged in a life or death struggle with an armed suicidal subject. Exactly one month ago today, a passerby reported an armed individual at Masonic and Euclid streets. An overhead Arctic drone confirmed what appeared to be a male with gunparts. Although it was not his sector, unsurprisingly, Rich was the first officer on scene. As the suspect began to walk away, Rich confirmed the presence of gun parts and gave a lawful order to stop. Instead, the suspect fled and began exhibiting pre-assaultive behavior. Fearing for the public's safety on this busy thoroughfare near very popular Trader Joe's, Rich grabbed the suspect and the fight quickly escalated to the ground. More concerning, the suspect continued to keep his hands at his waistband. As additional units arrived, Rich felt a firearm in the suspect's waistband and immediately warned his fellow officers. The suspect was eventually taken into custody, where we seized not only one loaded firearm, but two loaded firearms. And three knives. One in each pants pocket and one tied to his left calf concealed. After the scene was safe, only then did Rich volunteer to go to the hospital. And true to form, Rich did not miss a day off. For his actions during this incident, Rich will be nominated for consideration for the Medal of Valor. Given his service, his leadership, his courage, I think we can all agree it's got to be Rich. It is my honor to present Officer Richard B.